Plan your evening, keep the dance floor full
Put your evening in order and set how long each part lasts. The chart shows the energy in the room, and the tips flag anything that could empty the dance floor.
1 Your evening plan
2 Add a moment
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Tinsel Tim plays every wedding and party himself and builds the music around your running order. Weddings and parties across Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire.
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Quick guide
How to plan your wedding reception running order
- Set when the evening starts.
- Add the moments you're planning and set how long each lasts.
- Move them into order and watch the energy chart and tips.
- Print your plan or send it to your DJ.
What it does
- First dance, cake, buffet, speeches, games and party sets
- Set how long each part lasts
- Move parts up and down the order
- Energy chart of the whole evening
- Tips that flag anything that could empty the dance floor
- Print, WhatsApp or send to Tinsel Tim
Use it with
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Questions
Dance Floor Planner: common questions
What is a good wedding reception running order?
A common order is evening guests arriving, the cake, the first dance, then a party set. Serve the buffet about an hour into the dancing, add games or a slow set later, and finish on your last song.
When should we serve the evening buffet?
About an hour after the dancing starts works for many couples. Serving it straight after the first dance pulls people off the dance floor just as it fills up.
How long should the party set be?
Allow at least 90 minutes of dancing across the evening, broken up with the cake, buffet or a game, so guests have time to get going without tiring out.
Is my plan saved?
It saves in this browser only. Nothing is sent to Mobile Disco Network unless you choose to email it.
Tim’s tip
Send your DJ your evening plan a few weeks before the day. The music can then build towards your big moments, instead of stopping and starting.
Made by Tim Daymond (Tinsel Tim). Tim has been a DJ since 1976 and has run Mobile Disco Network since 2013. He plays weddings and parties across Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire. He is a Norfolk County Council Trading Standards Trusted Trader (ID 0000457), a member of the NADJ and the winner of 23 independent awards.
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Free to use, no sign-up. Last reviewed 11 October 2026.
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